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  • Congrats to our SECME team for winning 1st place in the district!
  • OH Boys Weightlifting team won Regional Championship on 4/5! Good luck at the state championship!
  • Congratulations to our amazing theatre teacher Kimberly Coyle for being named a Dwyer Finalist for Senior High Education!
  • For the second consecutive year, the Olympic Heights girls soccer team is the 7A district 2023-2024 Academic Team Champion
  • Congratulations Florida DECA State Champions 2024: Katelynne Deale, Tai Graham, and Elsie Throckmorton!
  • Girls Soccer Coach Jim Cappello is coach of the year, leading the lions to 21 victories, and their eighth straight regional appearance.
  • Soccer: Senior Ava Cardaci was selected 7A District 12 Player of the Year with 15 goals and 27 assists.
The award-winning student news site of Olympic Heights High School

The Torch
The award-winning student news site of Olympic Heights High School

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All content by Jacob Pasternack
Kevin Wald, previously at John Paul II in Ridgeland, SC (above), returns to South Florida to take over the Olympic Heights football program.

New OH Football Coach Kevin Wald Looks to Build a Championship Culture; Seventh Head Coach Since 2011

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
May 2, 2019
Just one example of the rise in global anti-Semitism can be seen in the recent desecration of tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in France.

OPINION: Rise of Global Anti-Semitism Demands a Global Unified Response

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
February 25, 2019
With the dark clouds of a partial government shutdown on the horizon, the average American citizen will hardly notice its impact.

OPINION: Looming Government Shutdown Will Have Little Immediate Impact on Average Citizen

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
December 18, 2018
An artists illustration of InSight on a photo background of Mars shows the lander fully deployed.

NASA’s InSight Successfully Lands on Mars

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
December 2, 2018
While the transgender community is up in arms over President Trumps threats to limit the definition of gender, it is a move that makes legal sense.

OPINION: Trump’s Move to Legally Define “Gender” Makes Sense in Regards to Title IX Cases

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
November 2, 2018
The Olympic Heights Chorus will be performing on hallowed ground when they travel to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City in March 2019.

Olympic Heights Chorus to Perform at Carnegie Hall

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
October 14, 2018
Olympic Heights Best Buddies Club officers Courtney Reiff (left) and Jacob Pasternack (right) accept a banner recognizing the OH chapter as the top fundraiser in the nation from Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Best Buddies International founder.

OH Best Buddies Chapter Named National Fundraising Champion at Summer Conference

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
August 31, 2018
NEWS ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Ruling on Legalized Sports Betting Poses Complications

NEWS ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Ruling on Legalized Sports Betting Poses Complications

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
May 29, 2018
Kaylee Cunningham (left) will be advancing to the International Science and Engineering Fair and, along with her engineering teacher Ms. Nimmi (right), was recently honored by the National Center for Women & Information Technology.

Olympic Heights’ Kaylee Cunningham Advances to International Science and Engineering Fair

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
April 19, 2018
COMMENTARY: When Unqualified Students Are Pushed into Taking Advanced Placement Classes, All AP Students Suffer

COMMENTARY: When Unqualified Students Are Pushed into Taking Advanced Placement Classes, All AP Students Suffer

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
March 1, 2018
COMMENTARY: Labeling Legitimate Media Outlets as Fake News Is Dangerously Ignorant

COMMENTARY: Labeling Legitimate Media Outlets as “Fake News” Is Dangerously Ignorant

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
January 22, 2018
COMMENTARY: Want To Make America Great? Try Listening to One Another

COMMENTARY: Want To Make America Great? Try Listening to One Another

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
December 7, 2017
Opposition demonstrators participate in a womens rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros government in San Cristobal on February 26, 2017.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Venezuela in Crisis

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
September 5, 2017
Best Buddies Olympic Heights chapter president Jacob Pasternack (second from left) and vice-president Tara Rubin (third from left) accept an award from Best Buddies International Senior Vice-President David Quilleon (extreme left) and Best Buddies International founder and chairman Anthony Kennedy Shriver (extreme right).

Olympic Heights Best Buddies Chapter Earns Honors at Summer Leadership Conference

Jacob Pasternack
August 20, 2017
Leonard Fournette of LSU (left) and Christian McCaffery of Stanford (right) have elected to not play in their teams respective bowl games because of risk of injury which could hurt their NFL draft stock.

Selfishness of Fournette and McCaffery Flies in Face of the Team Concept

Jacob Pasternack, Sports Editor
December 15, 2016
Media Loses Focus on Kaepernicks Kneeling Anthem Protest

Media Loses Focus on Kaepernick’s Kneeling Anthem Protest

Jacob Pasternack, Sports Editor
September 15, 2016
Mosquito-borne Zika Virus in South Florida

Mosquito-borne Zika Virus in South Florida

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
August 27, 2016
Hopes of Several MLB Teams Hinge on Free Agent Signings in Off-Season

Hopes of Several MLB Teams Hinge on Free Agent Signings in Off-Season

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
March 30, 2016
Marijuana an Effective Cancer Fighting Agent?

Marijuana an Effective Cancer Fighting Agent?

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
March 29, 2016
Decision to Ban Heading in Youth Leagues Will Be the Demise of U.S. Soccer

Decision to Ban Heading in Youth Leagues Will Be the Demise of U.S. Soccer

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
March 14, 2016
Is New Dolphins Head Coach Adam Gase the Answer to Dolfans Prayers?

Is New Dolphins Head Coach Adam Gase the Answer to Dolfans’ Prayers?

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
January 20, 2016
Yoenis Cespedes is putting up monster numbers since being acquired by the Mets from the Tigers at the trading deadline, and he could be the catalyst that propels the Mets into the World Series.

Baseball Pennant Races Heating Up

Jacob Pasternack, Staff Writer
September 15, 2015
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